Kylie Minogue’s Official Number 1 Singles’ Sales Revealed! 15 March 2014 Kylie Minogue’s Official Number 1 Singles’ Sales Revealed! To celebrate Kylie’s return to the Official Charts, we count down each of Kylie’s Number 1 singles, from the very first in 1988, all the way up to her most recent in 2003 – in order of sales. Google + Next week Kylie releases her 12th studio album, and in this week’s Official Singles Chart she’s eyeing up her 35th Top 10 hit with Into The Blue. To celebrate Kylie’s return to the Official Charts, we count down each of Kylie’s Number 1 singles, from the very first in 1988, all the way up to her most recent in 2003 – in order of sales. There’s no prizes for guessing what comes out on top, but there could be a few surprises along the way. Here’s Kylie’s lucky lucky lucky seven. 7. Slow (2003) Coming off the back of Kylie’s million-selling album Fever, Slow was something of a surprise.

Veering off from Fever’s energetic modern disco and taking a mean and moody electro direction, Slow saw Kylie at her sensuous best, with a sultry video filmed at the former Olympic aquatics centre in Barcelona. It spent just a week at Number 1 in miserable November – thank goodness for that super sunny video. SALES: 130,000 WHO SHE BEAT: Kylie saw off competition from Blazin’ Squad’s anthem to playing old cassettes in your Walkman, Flip Reverse and knocked Fatman Scoop’s Be Faithful off the top in the process. CHART FACT: Slow was kicked off Number 1 by Busted’s Crash The Wedding. 6. Tears On My Pillow (1990) Kylie managed to do with her second album what she couldn’t with her first: score two Number 1s off it. Although Kylie was enjoying herself as a popstar, she didn’t want to leave acting behind for ever, and so acted in coming of age movie The Delinquents. Notable mainly for Kylie’s quite frankly dreadful hair throughout, and a very tame love scene in the middle, the movie was essential viewing for any hardcore Kylie fan.

Tears On My Pillow was a cover of the Little Anthony & The Imperials song from 1958, which had never been a hit in the UK before. The song was also on the Grease soundtrack – it can be hard in the background as the Rydell kids get ready for their dance-off (not Kylie's version, obviously; she was only 10 at the time). SALES: 260,000 WHO SHE BEAT: Kylie chucked New Kids On The Block’s Hangin’ Tough of the top spot. After just a week at Number 1, Tears On My Pillow was deposed by another blubfest – Sinead O’Connor's Nothing Compares 2 U CHART FACT: Kylie wouldn’t have a Number 1 after Tears On My Pillow for another ten and a half years! Until… 5. Spinning Around (2000) If there’s one thing Kylie knows how to pull off, it’s a comeback.

After a few years of moderate chart success with singles from two albums Kylie Minogue and Impossible Princess, Kylie decided it was time to turn the pop factor back up to 100 with this breezy, empowering track, co-written by none other than Paula Abdul. Spending a week at Number 1 in July, Spinning Around was Kylie’s first chart-topper in a decade and the perfect song to let everyone know La Minogue was back in business. And there were those famous hotpants, of course… SALES: 300,000 WHO SHE BEAT: Kylie replaced Black Legend’s Barry White-inspired You See The Trouble With Me and was eventually nudged out of pole position herself by Eminem with The Real Slim Shady. EXTRA CHART FACT: If Kylie’s 2010 hit All The Lovers had got to Number 1 – and some say it really, really should’ve done – it would’ve sat right here on her countdown, with almost 370,000 copies sold. 4. Hand On Your Heart (1989) Kylie mania was in full swing by the time Kylie released her sixth single – the first off her second album Enjoy Yourself.

Kylie kept it sweet and simple – no need to mess with the formula that had made her a megastar in just a year. Not yet, anyway. The video saw Kylie in a dazzling array of dresses that all looked rather similar. Well, sometimes, when you like something, you just want one in every colour, don’t you? SALES: 488,000 WHO SHE BEAT: Hand On Your Heart despatched Bangles’ Eternal Flame off the top spot, seeing off competition from Queen’s I Want It All and London Boys’ Requiem. CHART FACT: Hand On Your Heart was Kylie’s third Number 1, and the first of four Kylie chart-toppers that would spend just a week at the top. 3. I Should Be So Lucky (1988) The one where it all began, in the UK at least. Kylie’s very first chart-topper was a phenomenon, leaping from 31 to 16 to Number 2, before finally jumping into pole position.

With an arguably iconic video featuring Kylie in her best nightie and looking every inch the girl next door, the bittersweet I Should Be So Lucky was the sun-drenched soundtrack to a grey and dreary February. Kylie distanced herself from the song somewhat a little later in her career, although she did recite some lines from it at the Poetry Olympics in 1996, but she has since embraced her first worldwide hit and has been known to perform it on tour. Lucky lucky lucky us! (That’s quite enough ‘lucky’ puns, thanks – Good Fortune Ed) SALES: 695,000 WHO SHE BEAT: I Should Be So Lucky made sure Tiffany’s I Think We’re Alone Now tumbled to the ground and right off Number 1. Not far behind was Taylor Dayne’s Tell it To My Heart, which had to settle for telling it to Kylie’s hand instead. CHART FACT: I Should Be So Lucky kept two records off the top during its five weeks at Number 1: Beat Dis by Bomb The Bass and Rick Astley’s Together Forever. 2.

Especially For You (with Jason Donovan) (1989) It was the duet they said would never happen, but the world demanded it. Although Kylie and Jason were keeping their real-life romance under wraps, the swoonsome pair happily played along with press speculation by recording this devoted duet with accompanying cutesy video. It was released with the Official Christmas Number 1 spot in mind, but veteran rocker Cliff Richard had other ideas – it was his festive ditty Mistletoe And Wine that took the glory. Luckily, Ramsay Street’s hottest duo weren’t to be deterred, and they made it to be the first chart-topper of 1989 and stayed there for three weeks. SALES: 997,000 WHO SHE BEAT: Especially For You got its own back on Mistletoe And Wine and sent it packing from Number 1, Kylie and Jason also beat Erasure’s Crackers International, keeping it off top for 3 weeks, along with Neneh Cherry’s Buffalo Stance. The song was finally removed from Number 1 by Marc Almond and Gene Pitney's new version of Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart.

CHART FACT: In 1998, TV presenters Johnny Vaughan and Denise Van Outen covered the track for BBC Children In Need and took it all the way to Number 3. 1. Can’t Get You Out Of My Head (2001) So we finally get to the big one, and there’s probably very few of you surprised that Kylie’s autumn smash from 2001 landed top of the heap. 2001 and 2002 saw Kylie entering her second imperial phase – Can’t Get You Out Of My Head was a phenomenon, and slammed straight in at Number 1 and held off some serious competition. The track was the lead single from album Fever, which has sold 1.7 million copies in the UK. SALES: 1.17 million WHO SHE BEAT: Kylie knocked DJ Otzi’s party classic Hey Baby (Uhh Aah) off Number 1. Other new entries, and having to settle for a week in Kylie’s shadow, were Victoria Beckham’s debut solo single Not Such An Innocent Girl (6), Shaggy’s Luv Me Luv Me (5) and a cover of Michael Jackson’s Smooth Criminal by Alien Ant Farm (3).

CHART FACT: After four weeks at Number 1, Can’t Get You Out Of My Head was finally deposed by Afroman’s Because I Got High. While at the top, Kylie held off Steps’ Chain Reaction; DJ Otzi (again) and Michael Jackson’s comeback single You Rock My World. What's your favourite Kylie Number 1? And what singles do you think *should* have been Number 1 for Kylie? Tell us on Twitter ! Kylie Minogue - Biography - IMDb Kylie Minogue Jump to: Overview (4) | Mini Bio (1) | Trade Mark (3) | Trivia (232) | Personal Quotes (15) Overview (4) 5' (1.52 m) Mini Bio (1) Kylie Ann Minogue was born on 28 May, 1968. The eldest of three children, Kylie's acting career began early, but it was her role as "Charlene" in the Australian soap, Neighbours (1985), which established Kylie as an international star.

Her singing career began, purely by accident, when a record company executive heard Kylie's rendition of Little Eva 's 1962 hit, "The Loco-Motion". She signed with PWL Records and hit-makers Stock/Aitken/Waterman in 1987. Five albums and a greatest hits compilation followed, and she made history by having more than 20 consecutive top ten hits in the UK. Her motion picture debut came with the starring role of "Lola" in The Delinquents (1989). She left PWL Records in 1992 to head in a decidedly more mature musical direction, and her self-titled debut on deconstruction records was released in 1994, spawning chart hits like "Confide In Me" and "Put Yourself In My Place". Kylie's doings were always a favorite subject of the press, but she really made waves with her controversial 1995 duet with Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds , "Where the Wild Roses Grow".

1997 saw the release of Kylie's first single in more than 3 years, "Some Kind of Bliss", co-written and produced by James Dean Bradfield and Sean Moore of The Manic Street Preachers . - IMDb Mini Biography By: Jonathan Ruskin Trade Mark (3) Older sister of Dannii Minogue and Brendan Minogue . Performed at the closing ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. 1997 saw a rather alternative Kylie crop up after two years of silence. Collaborations with Manic Street Preachers and others gave the "Impossible Princess" album an indie touch. Although not a commercial success, it was acclaimed by critics as being the final proof that Kylie and her music had matured. Kylie did, however, return to her roots and what she knows best with her smashing comeback to pop music in the year 2000. The first single released from the album "Light Years" immediately hit the number one spot in the UK, making her one of the few artists such as Madonna and Elton John with number one hits in both the eighties, nineties and noughties. Kylie also released a duet, "Kids", with pop star Robbie Williams .

Her father is Australian, with Irish ancestry. Her mother was born in Wales. Voted best dressed female by readers of "Heat" (UK) magazine. [December 2001] January 2002: Received the Showbusiness Personality of the Year Award at The Variety Club of Great Britain Showbusiness Awards 2002. Miss Minogue was absent from the ceremonies as she was abroad promoting her latest single so she sent a televised message. Former sister-in-law of actor/producer Julian McMahon . Younger brother Brendan Minogue is a television cameraman. She has her own lingerie brand called "Love Kylie". 2001: Nominated for the prestigious 'Best International Female' Award at the Brit Awards 2001 (2001). February 2002: Won 2 of the major awards at the 2002 Brit Awards: Best International Female & Best International Album for Fever. She was also nominated for Best Pop Act and Best Video (with Robbie Williams for "Kids") and stole the show with an incredible performance of "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" mixed with "Blue Monday". Won Best Dance Act at the 2004 Swedish NRJ Awards in Stockholm.

(25th January 2004) Nominated for Best International Female at the 1995 Brit Awards. (1995) Nominated for Best International Female at the 1989 Brit Awards. (1989) Winner of the 2004 Grammy for Best Dance Recording for her single "Come Into My World", beating off strong competition such as Madonna , Cher , Télépopmusik & Groove Aramada. (8th February 2004) Single "Slow" become the most added track to U.S. radio in its first week of release. (January 2004) Sold out 7 nights at the London Hammersmith Apollo with her "On A Night Like This Tour". (2001) Became the first Ambassador for the NSPCC. A foundation preventing cruelty to children. Celebrity Ambassador for Kids Help Line in Australia. A stage musical inspired by 25 of her hits "I Should Be So Lucky", premiered in her hometown, Melbourne, Australia as part of its annual Gay Midsummer Festival.

The musical contained songs spanning from her 1st single "The Locomotion" up to "Can't Get You Out Of My Head", including hits, album tracks as well as a rare song "In Denial". (January 2001) Recorded her 9th studio album "Body Language" in London, Ireland and Spain. "Slow" became her 7th UK #1 single and 9th Australian #1 single. The single also enabled her to enter the record books as the female solo artist to enjoy the longest duration as a UK chart topper (since January 1988 with "I Should Be So Lucky", nearly 16 years in total). "Slow" also hit #1 on the Australian Dance Singles Chart and #1 on the Australasian Singles Chart. (9th November 2003). September 2002: Awarded the prestigious Woman Of The Year Award at the 2002 Elle Style Awards. Sunday 25th January 2004: Won Best Dance Act at the Swedish 2004 NRJ Awards in Stockholm beating off strong competition from the likes of Room 5 and Junior Senior.

She was also nominated in the categories of Best International Female and Best Pop. Saturday 24th January 2004:Nominated for Best International Female and Best Musical Website for at the French 2004 NRJ Awards in Cannes, France. Just two months prior to the release of her duet with Jason Donovan , "Especially For You", Kylie proclaimed to Smash Hits magazine that there was no chance of a duet with Jason Donovan . 4th July 1988: The eponymous debut album "Kylie", entered both the UK & Australian charts at #2. Never before had a debut album by a female artist debuted so high on either country's charts. The album also made Kylie the youngest female and first Australian artist to top the UK album chart, reaching the summit on two separate occasions. On release it went Double Platinum in Australia, Gold in the UK, Gold in Germany and Gold in Singapore. Nominated for Best International Female at the 2004 Brit Awards.

(17th Feb 2004) October 2000: The third single from the album "Light Years", "Kids" was originally written by Robbie Williams and Guy Chambers solely for her; however, Robbie was so fond of the song, he decided to turn it into a duet and also included it on his album "Sing When You're Winning". October 2001: Won 2 ARIA Music Awards in Sydney, Australia: Best Female Artist and Best Pop Release for "Light Years". Voted the 15th greatest pop culture icon of all time in a UK poll. Her song, "Love At First Sight", aired on the video game, "DDRMAX2: Dance Dance Revolution". Born at the Bethlehem Hospital in Melbourne, Australia. Mother is Carol Minogue , father is Accountant Ron Minogue. Kylie grew up in the inner Melbourne suburb of Surrey Hills. In 2002, named the Biggest Selling Australian Artist of all time, with over 65 million album sales worldwide as of May 2004. She is also the winner of numerous awards including Logies, ARIAs, and a Grammy.

(16th February 2004) Nominated for Best Music Artist at the 2004 Elle Style Awards. Saturday 10th April 2004: "Slow" music video won Best International Video at the 2004 TMF Awards at Rotterdam Arena, Rotterdam, Holland. Kylie was also nominated for Best Female Singer. July 2004: Voted Number 1 Best Legs in Show Business by the razor company Gillette, ahead of Cameron Diaz , Naomi Campbell and Kate Moss . 9th June 2004: "Slow" music video wins Best Pop Video at the Music Week Creative and Design Awards. June 2004: Sued Australian magazine "People", for reportedly publishing a faked picture of her naked bottom in the January 2003 issue. The picture had Kylie's head superimposed on the body of a nude model. The magazine will also be sued for unauthorised use of copyright images from her autobiography "La La La" used in the same issue. 28th June 2004: Third and final single to be lifted from the platinum-selling album "Body Language", "Chocolate" is released as a single.

The single version features newly recorded vocals to that of the album version, and has a subtle remix. The seductive song, written by Karen Poole and Johnny Douglas (the team behind Red Blooded Woman), is one of Kylie's personal favorites from the album "Body Language". On 4th July 2004, the single gave Kylie her 27th UK Top 10 hit single when it entered the UK singles charts at #6. On the 7th May 2004, the single becomes the Most Added Track to Australian radio and hit #1 on the US Billboard Dance Charts. It was released in the UK on two CD formats and 12" vinyl picture disc. The 2-track CD featured a stunning live rendition of "Love At First Sight" taken from the forthcoming "Body Language Live" DVD. The enhanced CD contained mixes from the likes of Tom Middleton and EMO, and included the first airing of the much sought after "City Games", one of the first tracks that Kylie demoed for the "Body Language" album! A white label 12" promo of "Chocolate", featuring the unreleased EMO Dub Mix was also sent to DJ's.

A limited edition maxi-single release of only 10,000 copies peaked at #14 on the Australian Chart. Other chart activity includes: #1 in Lebanon, Romania Mix FM Chart & Croatian Airplay Chart. #2 on Slovenian Radio Celje Chart. #3 on Eurochart Radio Sound Chart. #4 in Macedonia. #6 in Thailand & Slovenian Radio Plus Chart. #7 in Estonia, Hungary & Slovenian Radio Fantasy Chart. #8 on Croatian Otvoreni Radio Chart & Slovenian Popularnih 40 Chart. #9 on Slovenian Radio Antenna Chart. #11 on UK TV Airplay Chart. #13 on MTV Europe Top 20, Slovenian Radio Kranj Chart & Portugal Online Chart. #14 in Italy. #15 in Lithuanian M-1 Chart. #17 in Israel & Slovenian Airplay Chart. #19 on Eurochart EU Chart. #23 in Greece. #24 on Russian Airplay Chart. #26 in Ireland. #27 in South Africa. #29 on German Airplay Chart. #30 on United World Sales & Airplay Chart. #34 on UK Airplay Chart.

#36 on Belgium Flanders Airplay Chart #43 in Germany. #47 on Belgium Airplay Chart #53 in Switzerland. #58 in Austria. #68 on Czech Airplay. #69 in France. #70 Norway Airplay Chart. The London filming of the enchanting video for "Chocolate" saw Kylie re-unite with award-winning director Dawn Shadforth (who directed Kylie's "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" and "In Your Eyes" videos ), and acclaimed choreographer Michael Rooney (who choreographed her "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" and "Slow" videos, as well as the DVD "Body Language Live"). The hypnotic video shows Kylie as you've never seen her before, the stunning dance sequences are a nostalgic tribute to the MGM musicals of old. The video premiered on "CD: UK" on Saturday 22nd May 2004. On 17th October 2004, the video was nominated in the category of Music Video at the 10th Annual American Choreography Awards in Los Angeles.

The other nominees were: Usher Raymond (Usher) "Yeah", Missy Elliott "Pass That Dutch / I'm Really Hot" and Britney Spears featuring Madonna for "Me Against The Music". Monday 18th October 2004: All tickets for the first lot of UK tour dates for her upcoming "Showgirl: The Greatest Hits Tour" sold out in less than two hours. Debbie Thomas, director of corporate affairs at Earl Court revealed that tickets sold out a lot faster than the tickets for the recent concerts of Madonna and Elton John . Monday 25th October 2004: "I Believe In You" named Scott Mills' Record Of The Week on his show "Drivetime" on Radio 1 in the UK. Thursday 28th October 2004: First Irish show for the upcoming "Showgirl: The Greatest Hits Tour", at The Point in Dublin (7th April 2005) completely sold out in 20 minutes. 17th October 2004: Her video for "Chocolate" was nominated in the category of Music Video at the 10th annual American Choreography Awards.

Saturday 30th October 2004: "I Believe In You" named JK & Joel's Weekend Anthem on their radio shows on Radio 1 in the UK. 3rd November 2004: Hosted an intimate preview of her SS '05 Love Kylie collection and launched the Love Kylie Legs hosiery line in London. 5th November 2004: The single "I Believe In You" is named Radio 2's 'Record of the Week'. UK radio stations Capital and Radio 1 have both added the track to their A-lists. Sunday 21st November 2004: Inducted into the Smash Hits Hall of Fame when she was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Smash Hits T4 Poll Winners Party held at London's Wembley Arena. Kylie, whose first appearance at the annual pop awards show was in October 1989, was honored for her 17 year contribution to music. November 2004: Donated over 300 items of her clothing to the Victorian Arts Centre's Performing Art Collection in her home town of Melbourne, Australia. This collection became the subject of her own exciting exhibition called 'Kylie'.

Featuring over 300 plus costumes and other items donated by Kylie to the Arts Centres Performing Art Collection, the free exhibition celebrated contributions made to music, television, stage and screen by one of Melbourne's favorite home-town girls. The items on show will include the infamous white muslin dress seen in the "I Should Be So Lucky" video, the pink and silver Showgirl costume from "Intimate & Live", the amazing Silvanemesis outfit from the 2002 'Fever Tour', the legendary gold hot pants from "Spinning Around" and the customized charm bracelets and 'knuckle dusters' featured in a number of performances and videos promoting her album "Fever". The collection even extends to the overalls that helped make her a household name both in Australia and the UK as the much-loved tomboy mechanic Charlene Mitchell on "Neighbours". The collection even extends to the overalls that helped make Kylie a household name both in Australia and the UK as the much-loved tomboy mechanic Charlene Mitchell on Neighbours.

The exhibition opened in Melbourne at the Victorian Arts Centre (from Saturday 15th January 2005 - Sunday 24th April 2005), then toured to the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra (May-August 2005), the Queensland Performing Arts Centre in Brisbane (September-November 2005) and the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney (January-May 2006). Having drawn over 293,000 fans during its three-month run at the Arts Centre in Melbourne, it officially became the Arts Centre's highest attended exhibition ever. Tuesday 23rd November 2004: Presented with the Special Jury Award at the Annual 2005 Onda Awards Ceremony in Spain, in recognition of her incredible career and contribution to popular music. This made it her second lifetime achievement award in less than a week. Two days earlier she had been inducted into the Smash Hits Hall of Fame in the UK. The Inda Awards are Spain's equivalent to the The Brit, Aria & Grammy awards. Wednesday 24th November 2004: I Believe In You hit #7 on the European Airplay Charts, and continued to rise.

Mother is Carol Minogue (aka: Carol Jones Minogue). Father is Accountant Ron Minogue. Grew up in the inner Melbourne suburb of Surrey Hills. Thursday 10th February 2005: Nominated for Best International Female at the 2005 Brit Awards. This is the sixth time that Kylie has been nominated for Best International Female which she won in 2002 along with the prestigious 'Best International Album' award for the multi-million selling "Fever". Diagnosed with breast cancer and canceled her tour of Australia. She also had to pull out her headlining appearance at the 2005 Glastonbury Festival. [May 2005] November 2004: Nominated for Online Artist of the Year and Best Pop Artist at the 2004 Digital Music Awards. March 1987: The youngest star ever to win the Silver Logie for "Most Popular Actress in Australia". Due to the extensive media coverage of her illness, Australian doctors stated that the number of mammographies in Australia rose by 40%, which they call the "Kylie effect" (2006).

Announced that she will continue her "Showgirls: The Greatest Hits" tour at the Sydney Entertainment Center on 11 November 2006. After the announcement of her cancer diagnosis, the Australian public's support was overwhelming. Even Prime Minister John Howard issued a statement supporting her. February 1989: Voted "Best International Female Artist" by a landslide at the Irish Record Industry Awards. February 1989: Japanese Phonographic Record Association presents Kylie two 1988 "Disc Awards" for The Best Selling New Artist and Best Selling Single of the Year (for "I Should Be So Lucky"). February 1989: The Mirror in London votes Kylie the "Best Actress in the World". February 1989: Posed for a wax model of herself at the World famous Madame Tussaud's wax gallery in London. March 1989: The Australian Record Industry Association nominates Kylie for five awards with "I Should Be So Lucky" picking up Biggest Selling Single of the year (1988).

March 1989: Nominated for three Logies: The Gold for "Most Popular Personality on Australian Television", the Silver for the third year in a row and "Most Popular Music Video in Australia" for "Especially For You" (with Jason Donovan ). March 1989: Receives her second "Heart Award" for Recording Artist of the Year from the Australian Variety Club. May 1989: Voted Best Female Singer, Best Actress, Most Adorable Female and 2nd Most Masterful LP by English magazine "No 1's" readers poll. January 1989: "Kylie's Remixes Vol.1" is originally released in Japan in 1989 and featured extended versions of hits from her debut album. The album later re-issued in Australia in 1998 as part of Mushroom Records "Classics". December 1988: Became the first artist to ever have four consecutive #1 singles in Finland ("I Should Be So Lucky", "Got To Be Certain", "The Locomotion" and "Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi").

December 1988: Australian Smash Hits magazine readers vote her "Most Fanciable Female" and "Best Female Singer". Whilst the readers of the Australian magazine TV Hits vote her "Hunkiest Person Alive" and "Best Female T.V. Personality". January 1989: Kylie voted #1 in record Mirror survey of the top recording acts of 1988 in the UK, compiled from sales information of over 40,000 different records, collected by Gallup. December 1988: In Israel, Kylie is the only artist to end the year with three singles in the Top 40, where she is also voted "Most Popular Female Singer of the Year". December 1988: Ends the year in the UK with the biggest album of 1988 "Kylie" (6 times Platinum with sales of 1.8 million) at #2 (having been in the top 10 since its release in June 1988); #1 video "Especially For You", and #2 single, "Especially For You, both with Jason Donovan . January 1989: Had three simultaneous International #1 singles.

"The Locomotion" in Canada, "Turn It Into Love" in Japan and "Especially For You" (with Jason Donovan ) in the UK. September 1988: Readers of the London Sun voted Kylie #1 Girl Singer and the Top Newcomer. October 1988: UK Smash Hits magazine readers vote her Most Fanciable Female and Best Female Singer. July 1988: Is named the fastest start to a career in Europe with three Top 10 records ("I Should Be So Lucky", "Got To Be Certain" and "The Locomotion") in the first seven months of 1988 plus a platinum album ("Kylie") in just four weeks in the UK. March 1988: Becomes the first person to ever to win four Logies (the Australian equivalent of an Emmy) on one night: the Gold for "Most Popular Personality on Australian Television", the Silver for the second year in a row, "Most Popular Personality on Victorian (State) Television" and "Most Popular Music Video in Australia" for "Locomotion". This also made her the youngest actor/actress ever to hold five Logies.

January 1990: Was voted #1 Radio Artist for 1989 in France. (Second was David Hallyday , third Madonna and fourth Phil Collins ). March 1990: Received the International Outstanding Achievement Award voted to her by the Board of Governors of the Australian Record Industry Association. December 1989: The readers of Australian magazine TV Hits vote Kylie "Best Pop Singer for 1989" and "Sexiest Person Alive" for the second year in a row. December 1989: In his New Year's Eve 1989 "Review of the Decade" on BBC-TV, Clive James pays special tribute to Kylie and presents her with the award for "Woman Of The Decade". December 1989: Is voted "The Best Female Vocalist" at the 1989 Japan Radio Music Awards. December 1989: She joins with the likes Bob Geldof , Bananarama , Bros, Cliff Richard , Lisa Stansfield , Wet Wet Wet , Jason Donovan and Sonia, among others for Band Aid 2's 1989 recording of "Do They Know It's Christmas" to raise money for Ethiopia.

It debuts at #1 in the UK and holds that position over Christmas. This caused Kylie to end up starting the year of 1989 at #1 with "Especially For You" and to end the year of 1989 at #1 with "Do They Know It's Christmas". In February 1990, UK Music Week awards the song #2 Single of the Year. December 1989: Scandecor awards her a "Gold Poster" for sales of Kylie's poster in Europe, being their biggest selling product. Kylie (along with Jason Donovan also received the "Silver Poster" for the poster of their duet "Especially For You". December 1989: Lights the Regent St. Christmas lights, a time honored British tradition, usually performed by Royalty. November 1989: Is honored by being only the third artist ever to have a "star" in the "Hard Rock Walk Of Fame" in Sydney, Australia. In June 1989, she had completed filming on her debut film The Delinquents (1989).

When the film premiered in London's West End in December 1989, over 20,000 fans crowded Leicester Square to catch a glimpse of Kylie. The film was released around the world to rave reviews and by January 1990, the film had become the top grossing movie in the UK and third highest in Australia. The soundtrack to the film featured Kylie's #1 UK single "Tears On My Pillow". Another Kylie song "We Know The Meaning Of Love" was inspired by the film. October 1989: For the second year in a row UK Smash Hits magazine readers vote her "Most Fanciable Female" and "Best Female Singer in the World". May 1989: US Smash Hits magazine readers vote her fourth "Best Female Singer" (after Siouxie, Debbie Gibson and Madonna . Meanwhile, demand for the Kylie product became so great in East Germany that a special EP was released. January 1990: Israeli radio vote her "#1 Female Artist of 1989".

February 1990: Was named The Queen of the #2 Position in England at the UK Music Week awards with #2 Artist of the Year, #2 Album of the Year for "Enjoy Yourself", and the #2 Single of the Year for "Do They Know It's Christmas?". February 1990: The "Enjoy Yourself Tour", her first concert tour of Australia was a resounding success. By April 1990, the tour leg of the UK, Europe and South East Asia kicked off in Birmingham where Kylie played to a full house of 12,700 screaming fans where it continued to play to capacity crowds in London, Belfast and Dublin. In May 1990, it continued on to packed houses in London, Paris and Brussels where Kylie's performances pleased both audiences and the press alike. February 1990: The Australian Variety Industry honors her with the "Mo Award" for Ambassador to Australian Showbusiness. November 1990: Was presented with a prestigious Diamond Award for Music Excellence in Brussels.

May 1991: At the 1991 World Music Awards in Monte Carlo, she was the personal guest of Prince Albert of Monaco , along with Elton John , Rick Astley , Lisa Stansfield , and many other of the world's top artists and was presented with the award for "Best Selling Australian Artist". In May 1992, she was once again invited by Prince Albert to attend the 1992 World Music Awards. October 1991: Embarked on the "Let's Get To It Tour", her second concert tour of the UK arenas, once again playing to packed houses. In April 1992, the eighty minute video cassette "Kylie Live: Live In Dublin", the film of a recent "Let's Get To It Tour" concert filmed in Dublin, Ireland was released around the world. On the week of release in the UK, it debuted in the Music Week video charts at #2. March 1992: Was nominated for "Best Australian Female Artist of 1991" by the Australian Record Industry Association.

June 1992: At the personal request of Sting , she participated in the "Rhythm Of Life Fashion Charity Gala" at London's Grosvenor Hotel, to raise money for the Rainforest Foundation. Kylie held her own on the catwalk alongside the world's top models including Claudia Schiffer , Yasmin Le Bon and Naomi Campbell . November 1992: Received the award for "Sexiest Person On The Planet" from both DMC and Mix-Mag magazines, the world's most credible dance music authorities. February 1993: Signed her second worldwide record deal with deConstruction Records through RCA/BMG in the UK; Imago through BMG in the US, Mushroom Records in Australia/NZ, and BMG throughout the rest of the world. May 1993: Was invited by Prince Albert of Monaco (for the third time) to present at the 1993 World Music Awards in Monte Carlo, hosted by Michael Douglas and attended by the worlds leading names in music including Michael Jackson , Tina Turner and Rod Stewart . August 1993: Was voted the World's Coolest Female in Music by London's "Select" Magazine.

July 1993: Herself and her sister Dannii Minogue broke the record as the most successful sisters ever on the British charts, after Dannii had her sixth Top 40 hit in the UK: "This Is It". May 1993: Together with her sister Dannii Minogue , her mother Carol Minogue and some of her closest friends, was invited to "Breakfast At Tiffany's" to celebrate her 25th birthday over a private breakfast in the board-room of the world famous jewelery store. October 1993: Was invited by Baz Luhrmann , the Australian director of Strictly Ballroom (1992) and Moulin Rouge! (2001) to pose at Universal Studios in Los Angeles for Bert Stern , the photographer responsible for the world famous Marilyn Monroe sessions. This resulted in an unprecedented 21 page "60's style" spread in the January 1993 edition of Australian "Vogue". May 1994: For the fourth consecutive year His Serene Highness 'Prince Albert of Monaco' invited her to the 1994 World Music Awards.

This year the awards were attended by Prince , Whitney Houston and Ray Charles amongst others. June 1994: Became only the third person ever to appear twice on the cover of Europe's taste setter magazine, "The Face". She was also selected as the cover girl for "Who Weekly's Most Beautiful People In The World 1994" issue in Australia. In July 1994, she also made her second "i-D" magazine cover. June 1994: Commenced filming her second film; the Jean-Claude Van Damme $40 million movie Street Fighter (1994) in Thailand and Australia. In December 1994, on its US release, the film scored the second highest box office nationally grossing US$100,000 in its first month, making it the most successful movie ever, based on a game. December 1994: Voted amongst the top 10 Best Albums, Best Single, and Best Female Solo Singer at the Smash Hits Awards in the UK. November 1994: Hosted the prestigious People's Choice Awards in Sydney, Australia.

January 1994: Voted #1 amongst "The 50 Most Shaggable People" by prestigious UK music magazine "Select". June 1995: Appeared on the cover of the July issue of "Loaded" magazine in the UK. It became their biggest selling issue ever, selling almost 150,000 as compared with their average figure of approximately 110,000. September 1995: "FHM" magazine in Europe, ranked her 14th among "The World's 100 Sexiest Females Ever" ahead of the likes of Marilyn Monroe , Brigitte Bardot , Elle Macpherson and Kim Basinger . November 1995: Presented the MTV Awards in Paris, France. September 1995: Won Best Australian Video of 1994 (for "Put Yourself In My Place") at the Australian Record Industry Association Awards. She was also nominated for Best Female Artist and Highest Selling Record. April 1997: Was voted 6th Sexiest Females of the Decade by the readers of "Sky" magazine in the UK.

November 1996: The readers of "Sky" magazine voted Kylie (and her sister Dannii Minogue ) amongst the Top 10 Women Readers Would Most Like To Spend The Night With. September 1996: Once again ranked amongst the Top 20 of "The 100 Sexiest Women in The World" by Europe's "FHM" magazine . July 2001: Voted amongst the Top 10 Sexiest Women Alive in Australia's "Who Weekly" magazine. June 2001: Was awarded the Silver Clef Nordoff Robbins "International Award". Previous winners of this prestigious accolade include; U2 , INXS , AC/DC , Jimmy Page , Robert Plant and The Corrs . June 2001: Attended Vogue's "It's Fashion" party, a celebration of fashion in aid of cancer research. She was invited to sit next to 'Prince Charles' at the head table. May 2001: Appears on the cover of British "Vogue" magazine. This event headlined the evening news in Australia. 16th May 2001: Attended the LA premiere of the film Moulin Rouge!

(2001), in which she featured as The Green Fairy. January 2001: Was one of the most downloaded artists on Napster, running an amazing numbers of downloads (almost 17 million) under her name in the last year. January 2001: Was named the second most searched Female Artist after Madonna of the previous year (2000). She beat other 'strong' female artists like Mariah Carey (3rd place), Céline Dion (4th place) and Jennifer Lopez (5th place). January 2001: Won "Best Pop Artist" in the Australian "Rolling Stone" magazines reader's poll. January 2001: Voted the #1 Sexiest Celebrity in the World by UK's "Heat" Magazine. October 1999: ARIA nomination for Best Australian Female Artist. April 1999: Signed a major recording deal with Parlophone Records, part of the EMI Group, and commenced work on her seventh studio album "Light Years". July 2001: Voted in the Top 5 of "The 1000 Sexiest Women Ever" in Maxim magazine.

9th July 2001: Awarded "Performer Of The Year", (the highest accolade) as The 26th Annual Mo Awards Presentation Ceremony held at the Sydney Town Hall in Sydney, Australia. First presented in 1976, with the late Johnny O'Keefe as the inaugural chairman, the Mo Awards are the longest running awards for excellence in live performance in Australia. August 2001: Her bottom was voted amongst "The World's Top 10 Butts", ahead of Caprice and Nicole Kidman by US Magazine "Celebrity Sleuth". August 2001: Named Australia's Most Beautiful Export by "Australian Trade Magazine". September 2001: Received the award for "Services To Mankind", at the prestigious GQ Awards in London. Other winners on the night included; Sir Elton John , U2 , Benicio Del Toro , Tony Blair and Robbie Williams . Kylie would also grace the cover of "GQ" magazine for their special award winner's edition. September 2001: Attended the Royal Premiere of Moulin Rouge! (2001) alongside 'Prince Charles', Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor .

October 2001: Over eight million viewers in the UK alone tune into her ITV television special An Audience with Kylie Minogue (2001). November 2001: Won two major awards at the 2001 Top Of The Pops Awards; Top Tour (for the "On A Night Like This Tour") and Top Song (for "Can't Get You Out Of My Head"). She was also nominated for Top Pop Act. November 2001: Nominated for two Smash Hits Awards: Best Female and Best Single (for "Can't Get You Out Of My Head"). November 2001: Won four Italian Dance Music Awards: Best International Dance Artist, Best Single (for "Can't Get You Out Of My Head"), Best Video (for "Can't Get You Out Of My Head") and Best Album (for "Fever"). February 2002: Awarded the Golden Otto Award at the German Bravo Awards. February 2002: Won Best Pop Act at the 2002 NME Awards! She was also nominated for Song Of The Year (for "Can't Get You Out Of My Head") and Best Solo Artist.

March 2002: Attended the 2002 World Music Awards in Monte Carlo, Monaco, at the invitation of His Serene Highness 'Prince Albert of Monaco' for the fifth time. At the award show, she was named Best Selling Australian Artist of The Year and delivered another show stopping performance of "Can't Get Blue Monday Out Of My Head", to an world-wide audience of a billion people!. March 2002: Her "Agent Provocateur" cinema commercial won Best Cinema Commercial Of The Year at the British TV Awards. May 2002: The Manchester Evening News presented Kylie with a plaque in recognition of having the most number of shows by a solo artist to sell out at the Manchester Arena ever. July 2002: Won "Best Chart Act" at the London Dancestar Awards. August 2002: Presented an award to Mary J. Blige at the MTV Video Music Awards ceremony in New York. September 2002: Won "Best International Dance Act" at the Italian 2002 Dance Awards. September 2002: The Official 2003 Kylie calendar becomes the #1 Bestseller of the Year on release.

September 2002: Her manager Terry Blamey was honored Manager of The Year by The International Music Manager's Forum. March 2003: Awarded a Centenary Medal by the Governor General of Australia for "Outstanding Contribution to the Music Industry". March 2003: Voted in the Top 5 for Best International Singer and Woman of the Year at the "Maxim" Magazine Awards. March 2003: Voted in the Top 5 for "Sexiest Woman On The Planet" by "Ralph" Magazine, Australia. April 2003: Along with Kids Help Line and Optus, Kylie won an award for excellence from the Fundraising Institute of Australia for the 2002 "Kids Help Line" fund raising campaign in Australia. June 2003: Voted the "Sexiest Pop Pin Up" in the world by viewers of music channel VH1. June 2003: Won two of the most prestigious accolades at the 28th Annual MO Awards in Australia: "Showbusiness Ambassador of the Year" (for the second consecutive year) and "Live Australian Performer of the Year" (for the third year in a row).

September 2003: Nominated for Best Female Artist and Best Pop Artist at the 2003 MTV Europe Awards. March 2003: Voted "The Most Desirable Australian Female" by "FHM Magazine", Australia. March 2003: Won Best Artist at the ILMC (International Live Music Conference) and her manager Terry Blamey was awarded Manager of The Year!. February 2003: Her lingerie range, "Love Kylie" was finally launched in the UK in Selfridges to a massive media frenzy and incredible sales results. Demand far exceeded supply with Selfridges who doubled their orders to cope. December 2002: Her waxwork at Madam Tussaud's in the UK is voted "Top Pop Star" and "Most Beautiful Woman" in the Madame Tussaud's 2002 Annual Popularity Poll. December 2002: A survey of office workers revealed that most workers would consider Kylie the "Ideal Female Boss". December 2002: Declared "The Best Body In The World" by magazine "Celebrity Bodies".

December 2002: Named "The Second Greatest Female Artist Of All Time" by music channel VH1. December 2002: Voted "The Female Celebrity With The Sexiest Voice" in a survey carried out by a mobile phone company. 'Sean Connery (I)' topped the male category. November 2002: Stole the show at the 2002 Top of The Pops Awards with a stunning performance of "Come Into My World (Fisherspooner Mix)" and a second award for Tour Of The Year for "Fever Tour 2002". November 2002: Triumphed at the 2002 MTV Europe Music Awards winning Best Pop Act and Best Dance Act!. November 2002: Nominated for two MTV Asia Awards: Best Female Artist and Best Video for "Can't Get You Out Of My Head".

February 2002: Became her biggest month in her career for winning awards: Winning Best International Female Artist and Best International Album for "Fever" at the 2002 Brit Awards; Single of The Year (for "Can't Get You Out Of My Head") at the Dutch Edison Awards, the Golden Otto Award at the German Bravo Awards; and Best Pop Act at the German Bravo Awards. Saturday 18th September 2004: Made her first appearance as an NSPCC ambassador at the Matalan Ball at Knowsley Hall, the home of the Earl and Countess of Derby. June 2004: Voted the 3rd Most Beautiful Woman Of The Decade by FHM Magazine. June 2004: "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" comes in at #1 in the Top 100 Ultimate Party Anthems as compiled by MTV Dance. May 2004: Nominated for the Australian Showbusiness Ambassador of the Year at the Australian Entertainment 29th Mo Awards. April 2004: Voted #1 in Maxim's Sexiest Older Female Poll.

April 2004: Judged the 4th "Sexiest Woman in the World of Pop" by UK's "Zoo" magazine. April 2004: Ranked highest placed female on Phonograph Performance Ltd's list of the most played artists on UK radio over the last 20 years and 4th over all. This was compiled using data from all 600 national and local radio stations across the UK. Kylie, who smashed airplay records with hits like "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" and "Love At First Sight", was only one of two female artists in the Top 10, and ranked two places above Madonna at #6. Saturday 13th March 2004: Honored with the award for Outstanding Contribution to Pop at the Bravo Supershow Awards in Hanover, Germany. The awards were voted by readers of German pop magazine Bravo. 17th February 2004: Nominated for Best International Female at the 2004 Brit Awards at Earls Court, London.

This was the fifth time she was nominated for this award, having been nominated in 1989, 1995, 2001 and winning in 2002. December 2003: Voted Sexiest Woman of the Year by "Star" Magazine. December 2003: Voted the Hottest Girl Star Of The Year by the "Daily Express". December 2003: Voted the #1 Sexiest Woman of the Year, #1 "Best Dressed Celebrity" and 4th "Best Solo Artist" in "Okay" magazine's 2003 Readers Poll. September 1997: Received "The Most Stylish Award" at the 1997 Elle Style Awards. December 1997: Voted Most Fanciable Female by readers of "Melody Maker". January 1998: Hosted "MTV Snowball: World Snowboard Championships" in Austria.

April 1998: Won two awards at the 1998 Creative and Design Awards, held in London: Best Artist Website (for the website Kylie Ultra) and Best Special Effects Awards (for the music video "Did It Again"). October 2003: Won "Most Played Australian Artist on Australian Commercial Radio" at the 15th Annual Commercial Radio Awards. October 2003: Nominated for 2 Australian Aria Music Awards: Best Female Artist, and Best Pop Release for "Come Into My World". June 2006: Made a surprise appearance at G-A-Y to present her sister Dannii Minogue with a bouquet of flowers after her live greatest hits set at the infamous London club night. Becomes sponsor and patron of Sri Lankan theatrical troupe "Children Of The Sea". "Children Of The Sea", brainchild of the award winning English director and producer Toby Gough, was formed in the aftermath of the tsunami. It is a group of 27 Sri Lankans, mostly children, performing a version of Shakespeare's "Pericles" adapted to apply to the tragedy left behind by the tsunami.

In August 2005, the production won first prize at the Edinburgh Festival. In March 2006, Kylie visited the children in Sri Lanka. 7th June 2006: Named 'Woman Of The Year' at the 2006 Glamour Awards. September 2004: Voted the 2nd Sexiest Woman Of The Year by FHM Magazine (after Carmen Electra ). September 2004: Nominated for 2 Australian ARIA Music Awards in the categories of 'Best Pop Release' (for her album "Body Language"), and 'Best Female Artist'. September 2004: "Love Kylie" lingerie received its first nomination in the Company High Street Awards in the category of 'Best Lingerie Brand'. 30th January 2005: Attended the charity premiere of Sprung! The Magic Roundabout (2005) in London's Leicester Square in aid of the Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity. Currently holds the record for the biggest selling female artist in Australian concert history, with ticket sales in excess of half a million.

15th February 2005: Dressed in a stunning Chanel dress, she stole the show at the 2005 Elle Style Awards held at London's trendy Spitalfields Market. Kylie was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award at Britain's annual 'Style Oscars' and posed for photos with fellow Aussie and award winner, Cate Blanchett . Wednesday 23rd March 2005: Nominated in the category of London's Favourite International Artist at the 2005 Capital Radio Awards at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London. 8th Sept 2005: The "Official 2006 Kylie Calendar", featuring 13 fabulous Kylie shots, was published by Danilo and became the highest selling calendar of the year. This is the fourth year in a row Kylie has done this. 23rd October 2005: Nominated for Best Female Artist and Best Pop Release (for her smash hit "I Believe In You"), at the 2005 ARIA Music Awards in Sydney, Australia. This brings her ARIA nominations total to 34, 15 of which she has won to date.

10th January 2006: Named the most broadcast artist on radio and television in Australia in 2005. This is Kylie's third time atop the Phonographic Performance Company of Australia's 'Most Broadcast Artist' list in the last five years, having previously secured the honor in 2002 and 2003. Kylie also had two tracks make the top 100 most broadcast songs: "I Believe In You" at #18 and "Giving You Up" at #79. Announced her separation from Olivier Martinez in a statement, saying their decision was mutual and amicable (2 February 2007). Chosen by Australian men magazine Zoo weekly as one of the "Top 50 Hottest Babes Ever". [March 2006] Ranked #27 on VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists. Winner of the 2007 Q Idol Award. 28 October 2007: Won the UK's Music Industry Trusts' Award. She is the first woman ever, in the 16-year event, to win this prestigious award.

October 1993: Was invited by Baz Luhrmann , the Australian director of Strictly Ballroom (1992) and Moulin Rouge! (2001) to pose at Universal Studios in Los Angeles for Bert Stern , the photographer responsible for the world famous Marilyn Monroe sessions. This resulted in an unprecedented 21 page "60's style" spread in the January 1993 edition of Australian "Vogue". She was awarded the O.B.E. (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2008 Queen's New Years Honors List for her services to music. She states in interviews the most exciting thing about meeting fans of hers that are celebrities is that most of the times she is a huge fan of theirs. "A Sunday Kind Of Love" by Etta James is one of her favorite songs. "Songs in the Key of Life" (1976) by Stevie Wonder , is one of her all-time favorite albums.

She is the first, and the only, female recording artist in UK chart history to have a number one album in four consecutive decades, achieving this in the 1980s, 90s, 00s and 10s. In February 2010, she appeared in a series of print adverts for Tous Handbags. In these adverts, she posed as a sexy magician's assistant, which included being sawed into quarters in an illusion called The Mis-made Girl. Ranked #51 in the 2011 FHM list of '100 Sexiest Women in the World'. Previously she ranked #93 in 2008, #37 in 2005, #19 in 2004, #9 in 2003, #6 in 2002, #44 in 2001, #67 in 2000, #34 in 1999, #22 in 1998, #64 in 1997, #20 in 1996, and #14 in 1995.

Received an honorary doctorate degree for her work raising awareness of breast cancer. Made an honorary Doctor of Health Sciences by Anglia Ruskin University in Chelmsford, Southern England on October 5, 2011. Ranked #64 in Men's Health 100 Hottest Women of All Time (2011). Kylie Minogue | New Music And Songs | Kylie Minogue About Kylie Minogue On the one hand, in the pop music arena, worldbeaters such as Kylie Minogue are few and far between. Singers and performers of her stature and popularity rarely maintain their power for as long as she has. Her streaks of number one singles in both Australia and the U.K. are nearly insurmountable. And yet, on the other hand, her inability to really crack open the American pop market over the course of her career is a story that is heard all too often from groups hailing from nations as pop powerful as Australia and the U.K.

Eventually, with the hugely successful "Can't Get You Out of My Head," Kylie would rattle the American pop psyche, reminding the rather insular scene that the bubbly girl who had first made waves with the 1987 cover of "The Loco-Motion" had developed into a stylish, experienced, and able pop performer with a clear agenda -- both musically and visually -- and the chops to match. To focus on Minogue's American problem would only be looking at a small fraction of the larger story. Born in Melbourne, Australia on May 28, 1968, Kylie began acting in television dramas at the age of 12. Although the small roles brought her a fair bit of exposure, it was her 1986 debut on the insanely popular soap Neighbours that catapulted her to stardom. In Australia, Minogue's role as the tomboy Charlene won her a number of awards, but in Britain, the exploits of that character and her love interest -- played by the actor Jason Donovan -- attracted record numbers of television viewers, and made the Aussie drama one of the most watched shows in the U.K.

Understanding Minogue's megastar potential, as well as her ability to vamp and sing, Mushroom Records signed her to a contract in 1987. Her success was immediate, as her debut single, "The Loco-Motion" (a cover of the 1962 Little Eva hit) rocketed to number one. With Australia firmly behind her move to pop music, Kylie headed to England and partnered with the production team of Stock, Aitken & Waterman. The first track that the group released with Kylie, "I Should Be So Lucky," would dominate the Australian charts, as well as a number of charts in Europe. Her pop status was further consolidated with her debut album, 1988's Kylie. While she was blazing a trail across the globe, her success in America at first seemed possible. MTV was showing "The Loco-Motion" with regularity, and it even hit the number three spot on the Billboard chart, while "I Should Be So Lucky" managed to make a few waves as well. But it was not to be, as the American market seemed to balk, not releasing anything after her second album until 2001.

As the '80s drew to a close, Minogue's stature worldwide only grew. Her duet with Jason Donovan, "Especially for You," sold over a million copies in 1989, even while being critically panned. A second full-length, Enjoy Yourself, was also released that year, along with a handful of singles that managed to further dominate charts in both hemispheres. In the midst of this pop success, Minogue also managed to appear in her first feature film, The Delinquents. Many things would change for her in the frenetic decade of the '90s. She began to trade in her cutesy, bubblegum pop image for a more mature one, and in turn, a more sexual one. Her relationship with the late frontman of INXS, Michael Hutchence, and her shedding of the near-virginal façade that dominated her first two albums, began to have an effect, not only on how the press and her fans treated her, but in the evolution of her music.

Released in 1990, Rhythm of Love, its worldwide hit single, "Better the Devil You Know," and its follow-up, "Shocked," took her out of the stifling world of teen pop and brought her into the more adult world of dance music and nightclubs. Her career was not without its ebbs, however. As she began to flex a bit more creative muscle, her relationship with Stock, Aitken & Waterman began to grow tiresome. Their sound had dominated for a number of years on both sides of the Atlantic (America seemed to take more to their other star, Rick Astley), but the scene was beginning to move on, and Kylie's fourth and final album with Mushroom and the production team, Let's Get to It, would sell disappointingly. Freed from the yoke of both a production team and a mainstream pop label, Minogue began a long trend of collaborating with up-and-coming and hot producers and songwriters, which not only allowed her to roll with cultural trends and stay current in an extremely fussy and fickle genre, but allowed her to branch out into new areas of performance unheard of by most pop singers of her style.

Now signed to the dance label Deconstruction, Minogue released a much more mature and stylish dance-pop record in 1994's Kylie Minogue. The reviews were not all positive, but the desire to show growth and maturity was evident in spades. The singles "Confide in Me" and "Put Yourself in My Place" were slicker, more stylish, and less hooky than anything she had previously recorded. While the record sold well and Kylie made more movie appearances (1994's Street Fighter and 1996's Bio-Dome), the next couple of years were fairly quiet except for the hit single (and seemingly unlikely collaboration) with Nick Cave entitled "Where the Wild Roses Grow." A dark ballad (with a video based on the Millais painting Ophelia) about a murder -- the duet featured Cave as the murderer singing his point of view, and Minogue as the victim singing hers -- the single was widely successful in Australia and the U.K, earning Kylie a new set of fans and a new sense of respect for the diminutive Minogue from more arty quarters. Her eagerness to expand on this collaboration led to the work that would make up her 1997 album, Impossible Princess.

While the lead single, the more rock-tinged "Some Kind of Bliss," was the result of working with James Dean Bradfield and Sean Moore of Manic Street Preachers, the rest of the album (for the most part) consisted of further collaborations (David Seaman, for instance) and efforts to expand on the dance-pop that was Kylie's bread and butter. The album, soon retitled Kylie Minogue in England due to the death of Princess Diana, was successful, but her attempt at developing her sound met firm resistance critically, with many radio stations and journalists writing her off, figuring her career had run its course. Obviously, this was not to be, as Kylie toured the world for the album, selling out stadiums (as usual) and appearing in a number of specialty concerts over the next two years. In 1999, having been dropped from Deconstruction but signing to Parlophone, Minogue shed the indie influences that guided Impossible Princess and set about creating dance-pop that was more disco than anything in her catalog.

The resulting album, Light Years, and its lead single, "Spinning Around," were huge successes, bringing her critical acclaim for returning to what many considered her calling (big pop and dance numbers) and winning herself a new generation of fans, then currently worked up by the renaissance of pure dance-pop that was the order of the day at the onset of the 21st century. Her place in pop music history would be consolidated in 2001, and she would be reintroduced to America after more than a decade as well. That year's album, Fever, and its massively successful (and aptly titled) single, "Can't Get You Out of My Head," were the first to be released in the U.S. since Enjoy Yourself, and the single managed to chart stateside at number three. Even the Grammys began to recognize Minogue, as the first of many nominations (eventually she would win for "Come into My World" in 2002) finally happened that year. While her next album, 2003's Body Language, was not as big a seller as Fever, it was another successful attempt at broadening her sound (with electro and hip-hop for instance) and winning more fans.

A greatest-hits package (her second), 2004's Ultimate Kylie, acted as a catalyst for her worldwide Showgirl tour, but that was to be set aside as a diagnosis of breast cancer sidelined her. In 2005, she underwent successful surgery and follow-up chemotherapy. Eventually making a full recovery, Minogue started back slowly, but would eventually finish her Showgirl tour, and in 2007 she released her tenth album, X. While some were put off by her lack of introspection on the record, it was well received and sold well enough to convince Kylie that 2009 was the time to undertake her first tour of the United States. Although limited to a few dates and select cities, the North American jaunt was a rousing success, and an Internet-exclusive album of the New York show was made available at the end of that year. As X was making waves in 2008, Kylie was also honored by Queen Elizabeth with an OBE (Order of the British Empire) for her services to music. Kylie released her 11th full-length, Aphrodite (a set executive produced by Stuart Price), in 2010.

That same year she guested on songs by Hurts ("Devotion") and Taio Cruz ("Higher"), and released a holiday EP titled A Kylie Christmas. In 2012, she celebrated her 25th year in the music biz with a greatest-hits collection (The Best of Kylie Minogue), a new single ("Timebomb"), an exhaustive singles collection (K25), and an album of her hits reimagined for a small band and orchestra (The Abbey Road Sessions). She also found time to restart her acting career, with an appearance in Jack & Diane and a leading role in the acclaimed Holy Motors. Not one to take a rest, Kylie spent a busy 2013 appearing on Laura Pausini's single "Limpido," signing with Jay-Z's Roc Nation management firm, and recording a new album. In early 2014, she began appearing as a coach on the U.K. version of The Voice. Her 12th album, Kiss Me Once, which featured songwriting and production from the likes of Pharrell, Sia, and MNDR, was released in early spring of 2014.

Soon after, she hit the road on an ambitious concert tour that took her from Istanbul to Madrid to Perth, with many stops along the way. The tour was documented on the 2015 CD/DVD Kiss Me Once Live at the SSE Hydro. She kept up her breakneck pace that year, appearing on Giorgio Moroder's single "Right Here, Right Now" and hitting the top of the dance charts with a spot on Nervo's "The Other Boys." She had roles in the ABC Family show Young & Hungry and the film San Andreas, released an EP with producer Fernando Garibay titled Kylie + Garibay and finally, in November, ended the year with her first full holiday album, Kylie Christmas. In the summer of 2016, Kylie returned with a contribution to the Absolutely Fabulous movie, the theme song "This Wheel's on Fire." ~ Chris True, Rovi

Question: What was Kylie Minogue's first UK number one single?
Answer: I Should Be So Lucky